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Mumbai Knights FC

Indian association football club based in Maharashtra

Football club

Mumbai Knights

Full name

Mumbai Knights Football Club

Founded

2011; 13 years ago (2011)

Ground

Cooperage Ground, Mumbai

Capacity

5,000

Owner

Deepu K.

Head coach

Preetam Mahadik

League

Indian Women's League 2
WIFA Women's Football League
MFA Women's Premier League

Home colours

Away colours

Departments of Ambernath United Atlanta FC

Football (Men's)	Football (Women's)

Mumbai Knights Football Club is an Indian professional football club from Mumbai. It forms the women's section of the club Ambernath United Atlanta FC and participates in the Indian Women's League 2.^[1]

History

The Ambernath United women's team has been participating in the MFA Women's League, under the name Mumbai Knights FC.^[2] They made their top tier debut in Indian Women's League in the 2022–23 season. They got promoted to the inaugural edition of the second tier Indian Women's League 2, by winning the 2023–24 edition of WIFA Women's Football League.^[3]

Technical staff

As of March 2024

Position	Name
Head coach	Preetam Mahadik

Current squad

As of 24 April 2023^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	IND	Kashmira Pednekar
3	FW	IND	Riya D'Souza
5	DF	IND	V. K. Srutilakshmi Ranjish
6	DF	IND	Nidhi Bhupendra Shetty
7	MF	IND	Valencia Lourdina D'Mello (Captain)
8	FW	IND	Jahnavi Shetty
11	FW	IND	Bhumika Mane
15	DF	IND	Surbhi Manjrekar
16	DF	IND	Pranita Nimkar


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	IND	Mmehak Lobo
18	MF	IND	Riya
19	MF	IND	Sonali Salvi
20	FW	IND	Priyanka
26	FW	USA	Alexandra Marie Eccard
27	MF	IND	Velanie Fernandes
29	FW	IND	Namrata Thakur
30	GK	IND	Babitha Thangaraj Nadar
31	MF	IND	Anjitha M.

Honours

WIFA Women's Football League
- Champions (2): 2022–23,^[5] 2023–24
Mumbai Women's Premier League
- Champions (2): 2021–22, 2022–23^[6]

References

^ "MFA ELITE CORPORATE LEAGUE 2023". theaway.co. The Away End. Archived from the original on 9 July 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
^ "Mumbai Knights Women's Team football trials". Archived from the original on 12 September 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
^ "Mumbai Knights Clinches WIFA Women's Football League Championships 2023-24". WIFA. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
^ "Hero Indian Women's League Squad". AIFF. Archived from the original on 30 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
^ Shetty, Chittu (30 September 2022). "Priyanka strikes brace as Mumbai Knights lift WIFA Women's League title". Football Counter. Archived from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
^ "MFA Women's Premier League". theaway.co. The Away End. Retrieved 17 March 2024.